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UCLA Statistical Consulting Seminars and Workshops

Seminars and Workshops, Fall 2016

Introduction to Stata October 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in CLICC Classroom B (third floor of the Powell Library building)
sign up here. The workshop notes are here.
Description: Stata is a powerful and yet easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms.
This class is designed for people who are just getting started using Stata. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using Stata
for statistics, graphics and data management. The class notes are the scripts for the class available to the students in the class and to others
on the Internet. The Stata class notes do not contain any of the output. The class notes are not meant to be a Stata textbook or a reference manual.
However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help in learning Stata even if they don't enroll in the workshop.

Introduction to SAS October 10 9 a.m. to 12 noon in CLICC Classroom B (third floor of the Powell Library building) sign up
here. The workshop notes are here.
Description: SAS is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows and Unix. This class is designed
for people who are just getting started using SAS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SAS for statistics, graphics, and data
management. The SAS class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be a SAS textbook or a reference manual.
However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help in learning SAS even if they don't enroll in the workshop.

Introduction to SPSS October 17 9 a.m. to 12 noon in CLICC Classroom B (third floor of the Powell Library building) sign up
here. The workshop notes are here.
Description: SPSS is a very easy-to-use statistical package that runs on Windows, Macintosh and UNIX platforms. This class is designed
for people who are just starting to use SPSS. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using SPSS for doing statistics, graphics, and data
management. The class notes are the scripts for the class. The SPSS class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be an
SPSS textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for individuals to use the class notes to help them learn SPSS even if they don't enroll in the workshop.
These notes were developed using SPSS version 22, but most of the material should work with slightly earlier or later versions of SPSS.

Introduction to R October 24 9 a.m. to 12 noon in CLICC Classroom B (third floor of the Powell Library building) .
This workshop is full. Please sign up for the one in November!
The workshop notes are here.
Description: R is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows, Macintosh and Unix. This class is designed
for people who are just getting started using R. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using R for statistics, graphics, and data management.
The R class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be an R textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for
individuals to use the class notes to help in learning R even if they don't enroll in the workshop.

SAS Teaching Initiatves Thursday, October 20 at 10 a.m. in the Visualization Portal, Math Sciences 5268
sign up here
The IDRE Statistical Consulting Group is hosting a discussion with Scott MacConnell, a SAS representative, who would like to introduce you to the free software and resources
SAS provides for teaching initiatives (for example, SAS University Edition http://www.sas.com/en_us/software/university-edition.html). The discussion is aimed at
professors who would like to use the resources for teaching, but all UCLA researchers are welcome to attend. Although a short presentation is involved, the event
is designed to be a Q&A session for you to learn about how SAS can meet your specific needs as an educator and researcher.

Introduction to R November 8 9 a.m. to 12 noon in CLICC Classroom C (third floor of the Powell Library building) sign up
here. The workshop notes are here.
Description: R is a powerful statistical package that runs on many platforms, including Windows, Macintosh and Unix. This class is designed
for people who are just getting started using R. The students in the class will have a hands-on experience using R for statistics, graphics, and data management.
The R class notes do not contain any of the computer output. The class notes are not meant to be an R textbook or a reference manual. However, it is possible for
individuals to use the class notes to help in learning R even if they don't enroll in the workshop.

Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata November 16 10 a.m. to 12 noon in 5628 Math Sciences (the Portal)
sign up here.
Description: This talk will introduce the concepts and jargon of structural equation modeling (SEM). We will demonstrate how to fit SEMs for continuous
outcomes using the -sem- command in Stata. We will also demonstrate how use Stata's -gsem- command to fit multilevel structural equation models that include
continuous, binary, multinomial, ordinal and count outcomes using a wide variety of link functions.

Statistical Analysis with Latent Variables (a
10 week course) with moviesProfessor Bengt Muthén taught this 10 week course on the Statistical Analysis with
Latent Variables during Spring quarter 2004, featuring the program Mplus, see
http://www.statmodel.com. ATS worked with OID and Professor
Muthén to record these lectures so
you may view the video streams of the course.